cats don't love

(a villanelle)
 
I am a cat in case you couldn’t tell  
should not have chosen cat, if I had say  
for cats don’t love, just love the way we smell  
 
with feline skill and feline soul I dwell  
tight in your lap to purr and lick all day  
I am a cat in case you couldn’t tell  
 
so you would stroke and rub my warmth as well  
enticing me to never go astray  
for cats don’t love, just love the way we smell  
 
then when we’re close, as if in love we fell  
just like my kind, I'll let you know my spray  
I am a cat in case you couldn’t tell  
 
and when my scent all other cats repel  
I’ll rise and stretch and on my merry way  
for cats don’t love, just love the way we smell  
 
I hope this verse will any myths dispel  
of love and how these petting games I play  
I am a cat in case you couldn’t tell  
for cats don’t love, just love the way we smell  
 
 
(submission for the villanelle competition)